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• hyp
  hyp

  noun

  hypochondria.
• hyp-
  hyp-

  variant of hypo- before a vowel.
• hyp.
  hyp.

  abbreviation

  hypotenuse.

hyp

¹ American  

[hip] / hɪp /

Or hip

noun

Archaic.

1. hypochondria.

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hyp- ² American  

1. variant of hypo- before a vowel.

   hypalgesia.

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hyp. ³ American  

abbreviation

1. hypotenuse.

2. hypothesis.

3. hypothetical.

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hyp. ¹ British  

abbreviation

1. hypotenuse

2. hypothetical

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hyp- ² British  

prefix

1. a variant of hypo-

   hypabyssal

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Etymology

Origin of hyp

By shortening

Example Sentences

The speaker works downward in a sort of hyp tease, through jaw, neck and shoulders, arms, chest, and abdomen, thighs, legs and feet.

From Time Magazine Archive

She was a gifted hyp notist of herself and others.

From Time Magazine Archive

Toward the middle of the eighteenth century, hypochondria was so prevalent in people's minds and mouths that it soon assumed the abbreviated name "the hyp."

From Hypochondriasis A Practical Treatise (1766) by Hill, John

As used in the early eighteenth century, the term "hyp" was perhaps not far from what our century has learned to call Angst.

From Hypochondriasis A Practical Treatise (1766) by Hill, John

Persons subject to the hyp complain of the northeast wind, as increasing their malady.

From Benjamin Franklin Representative selections, with introduction, bibliograpy, and notes by Jorgenson, Chester E.